Profile for Oak Park, Illinois, IL

The community seceded from the township of Cicero in 1902.

Ranked No. 4 healthiest town (among communities of 50,000 or more population), by Chicago magazine, October 2005

Filming location for:
· 1997 movie, "Soul Food"
· 1991 movie, "Backdraft"

Well-known residents have included:
· Ernest Hemingway, writer, born at 339 Oak Park Ave
· Raymond Kroc, founder of McDonald's restaurants
· Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, actress
· Richard Bach, author of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
· Rev. Andrew Greeley, author
· Dorothy Thompson, journalist
· Betty White, actress
· Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Caribou Coffee, Starbucks

Local festivals include:

• Oaktoberfest - Sept. 21-23, 2007

Performing arts: Village Players Theatre, American Opera Group, Oak Park Festival Theatre

Historic sites and museums: Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Unity Temple, Ernest Hemingway Museum, Wonder Works

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 196

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Oak Park demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Cook County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Chicago area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 60301 ZIP code.

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15% of Oak Park residents report German ancestry, and 14% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Oak Park ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Oak Park
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• Libraries in or near Oak Park

Post a query on a message board:

• Cook County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - IL data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
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• Death index
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Music

• American Opera Group

Theater

• Oak Park Festival Theatre
• Village Players Theatre

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• Crime in Cook County
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• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
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• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Illinois
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Oak Park was $36,340, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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62% of Oak Park residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Oak Park
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Oak Park festival dates:

• Oaktoberfest - Sept. 21-23, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Oak Park festival web sites:

• Oaktoberfest

• ePodunk festival listings
• Illinois county fairs
• Illinois festivals (Illinois tourism department)
• Send us festival info for Oak Park

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Historic districts in Oak Park include Frank Lloyd Wright - Prairie School of Architecture Historic District, Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District ... View historic districts

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• Post history questions in Cook County genealogy forum

Median rent in Oak Park, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $674.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,716.

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Libraries in Oak Park include Dole Branch Library, Maze Branch Library, Oak Park Public Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Oak Park include Oak Park Wednesday Journal

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Cook County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Oak Park political report.

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Oak Park restaurants taking online reservations include Cafe Le Coq, Hemmingway's Bistro ... View restaurants

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The average commute time for Oak Park workers is 30 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 4 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Oak Park between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of .8 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

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